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On Let’s Get Real Chef Erica Wides walks you down the aisles of the surreal world of food, serving up a heaping dose of reality by separating the food from the foodiness so you can forage, hunt, gather, trap and fish for real food anywhere, even in a foodiness-filled mega market. Incisive, pragmatic, sarcastic, and an unrepentant know-it-all when it comes to anything food, on Let’s Get Real Chef Erica Wides does the job for you of sifting out everything that’s fake in the world of food – from “foodiness” marketing and cooking show shams to “health-halo green-washing” and annoying whole-food righteousness – so you never unknowingly chow down on carpeting again.

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CleanEpisode 164: Color Me Freaked Out...

There’s nothing left to say. I’ve read every editorial, every FaceBook post, every HuffPo screaming front page rant. I’m done. I’m done with the election, and I’m done even discussing it, or him. He who shall not be named. I had been calling h

We're all really, really scared these days. Scared for the future, scared for the planet (well, some of us), scared of scary scaring clowns scaring kids, scared of scary clowns pretending to be legit candidates...OMG, so much scariness! And it's not eve

It's special guest day here in the Foodiness Fallout Shelter! My new, once-in-a-while co-host, Emily Peterson, has taken time out from her busy life of cheffing, motherhood, chicken raising and occasional taxidermy to join us down here. You may know Emi

@KarlMeltzer just broke the world record for the being fastest ever finisher of the entire Appalachian Trail, you know the Appalachian train, right? It’s a 2,190 mile hiking trail that runs along the East coast of the US, from Georgia to Maine.
Now,

CleanEpisode 160: Welcome back to the Fallout Shelter, now climate controlled by Foodiness!

Today, on the season premiere of Let's Get Real!!!
Ok, so a couple of changes are afoot here in the Foodiness Fallout Shelter. Well, no, actually the shelter is the same, I barely touched the place over the summer. It looks really great, and the biomas

Today, on Let's Get Real...
It's the extended live version of "Cod Worms and Devil Dogs"!
Can't remember what that is? It's the live theater piece I did back in March. This is the extended version, that I performed on Saturday.
I worked so hard on th

I’m hiding out down here in the fallout shelter this week. I’m safe here, since we’re so deep underground and we filter our air. I can’t go outside anymore, since I seem to have developed terrible seasonal allergies, all of a sudden. Twice this

Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, in a very dark, grim place in my past...
I waited tables at TGI Friday's.
Yes, really. Hard to believe, I know, but I needed a job, I couldn't get hired anywhere else, and a friend got me the job. It was the ea

CleanEpisode 156: We Hold These Foodiness Truths to be Self-Evident...

Here, in corporate Big Food America, we apparently hold certain Foodiness truths to be self-evident, which is that all industrially produced foods are created Equal, that they are endowed by their corporate Creators with certain unalienable Rights, that

So I’ve got babies on the brain. Everywhere I go, everyone I know and see is breeding, birthing, being fruitful and multiplying as if babies were going out of style or were about to be banned or rationed by the government. Brooklyn is baby-breeding ce

Today, an ALL-NEW episode of Let's Get Real!
Yes, it's a new show, after a long break to develop the new weekly Heritage Radio Network News show, of which I'm the co-anchor!
But I'm back, this week with tales of finger-lickin' weirdness. On today's sh

I like to write, and I like to talk into a microphone. And I also like to talk in front of a live audience, I’ve discovered. Teaching all those years gave me the confidence to stand up in front of a group and tell a story, even if that story was about

CleanEpisode 152: To Everything There Is a Season, and a Dry, Crumbly Cookie to Match

On this week's episode of Let's Get Real, Erica celebrates the eve of the joyous holiday of Purim, aka "The Jewish Halloween." Among many other reasons, this holiday is exciting because it heralds the coming of spring! Also this week was National Slurpe

On this week's episode of Let's Get Real, Erica waxes nostalgic about the classic film Annie Hall, and its derisive depiction of California health food restaurants in the 1970s. Before arugula and Whole Foods were invented, California pioneered the heal

On this 15oth episode of Lets Get Real, host Erica Wides opens with a revelation she had about cooking while swimming, before diving into the problem of fish ingesting plastic refuse such as microbeads while feeding, and the merits of sunblock versus

On this weeks Lets Get Real, the theme is one of these things does not belong. Chef Erica Wides reminisces about the darker, grittier days of Sesame Street, expresses bewilderment at the new McDonalds chicken-and-pancake sandwich, and reveals her curre

Can you make make pickles in space? Can you rely on your dreams to write your shows? Do you get gloomy in February? All this and more this week on Lets Get Real. Chef Erica Wides discusses growing vegetables in The Martian, literally dreaming of future

Today is February 9, 2016. We are now 39 days into the year. At the end of this week, on the 14th of February, the “holiday” season, will be officially over. The end, Done. Until…of course, Easter rolls around. Then we begin the next round of suga

Erica Wides is back for a brand new episode of Lets Get Real with her good friend Kristin Wartman; Lets Get Reals resident nutrition guru and food policy wonk! She has her own little office down here in the ‪#‎Foodiness‬ Fallout Shelter, whe

From Erica Wides: So I had to go to Whole Foods a few days ago, to buy unflavored gelatin. You know, like Knox gelatin in the little packets? I needed it for a private cooking class I was teaching, the clients wanted to make soup dumplings, those Chines

From Erica Wides herself: Speaking of soda, and Mormons, (we are, in today’s show) in yesterday’s edition of the paper of record there was an article about a lawsuit that is raging between two Utah drink companies, Swig v. Sodalicious. Have you hear

This weeks episode of Lets Get Real, as explained by host Erica Wides herself: So just imagine my joy and happiness upon learning that Organic Avenue, the juice and raw-vegan “food” chain has landed on the giant compost heap of nutritional trends.

Today, on a new Lets Get Real! Erica Wides: In Italy, in 1984 I drank my first cappuccino, I’d never really had anything in the espresso family, and this foamy, dark, rich creature was something else. I was hooked on the capp. But, as I was quickly ad

Live from the Foodiness Fallout Shelter...It’s the 2nd or 3rd annual (I can’t remember) Golden Uncrustables awards show! Starring….your host, Erica! With Ryan Seacrest on the red carpet, and Jack Inslee on the Twitter feed! Before we get started,

How does Erica Wides come up with the topics featured on Lets Get Real? Usually during a hike or at the gym great ideas pop up, but, she has one big problem: the loud music! Is it possible to just turn down sometimes? After the break, Erica pulls thi

Erica Wides is not happy. Pumpkin spice is everywhere, Burger King is making black buns, foodiness has taken over and everybody is trying to sell you a pink ribbon (or a donut). She wonders if these ribbons and donuts really do anything to make us healt

CleanEpisode 137: “Why did the bear sh*t in the woods? To cover up all the Foodiness trash”

How does foodiness trash find its way to the woods? Erica Wides shakes her head at diapers on the hike trail this week on Lets Get Real. Why do so many food brands package their food in layers upon layers of unnecessary plastics? Why do those plastics e

Why are Americans so afraid of food? We are so afraid of the safeness of the food that we are eating, that its preventing us from allowing ourselves to see it as it truly is. Our perceptions of what food is safe and what isnt have been completely warped

What does the word done mean to you? Is it a raw slab of red meat served as is on a plate, or do you like it cooked into a greyish-black oblivion? This week on Lets Get Real, Erica Wides discusses the concept of doneness. Can doneness function on a spec

Anyone that says that they dont like to eat fish have probably only ever eaten tilapia, which is the worst fish ever according to Erica Wides on this weeks episode of Lets Get Real. Despite tilapia being incredibly bland and tasteless, it is one of the

Did you know that more than half of Americas kids are chronically dehydrated? Yup. Know why? Foodiness drinks; like Sporty-Ade and Crappi-Sun pouches, and Juicee-Boxes...and regular and diet sodas, all contribute to fat, sick, and dehydrated kids. Kids

Erica Wides is not alone in the #foodiness shelter this week! On todays episode of Lets Get Real Erica is joined by The Sarcastic Nutritionists! Josh and Gretchen, the masterminds behind that snark-tastic name, and the bloggers and Etsy with a sense of

This week on Lets Get Real Erica starts the show by giving us an update on her hunt for the perfect snack, and then moves on to a discussion about chicken protein powder. Why are we so obsessed with having as much protein as possible, and why do food co

CleanEpisode 130: It’s happy hour in the fallout shelter! Well, as happy as a trio of curmudgeons can get…

This week on Lets Get Real host Erica Wides interviews Sayre Piotrkowski and Collin McDonnell for a conversation all about how foodiness and beer have intertwined. Erica, Sayre, and Collin discuss how, just like the wine industry has evolved since the 7

CleanEpisode 129: And So I Shall Go Forth, and Seek Out My Perfect Snack

Erica Wides has snacking on her mind on a brand new episode of Lets Get Real. Why do we love snacks so much? What is a Quesorito? Fight the foodiness, tune in and embrace real food! This program was brought to you by Cain Vineyard and Winery Americans c

There are special guests this week on Lets Get Real! Erica Wides is joined by some friends in the foodiness fallout shelter, Cara Tannenbaum and Andrea Tutunjian - co-authors of In a Nutshell: Cooking and Baking with Nuts and Seeds The only cookbook of

Erica Wides doesnt like sports. Big surprise. But recently she learned what an over-under is... or if youre speaking in a NYC sports talk radio accent .. the ovah-unduh. The ovuh-unduh is an American phenomenon. After the industrial revolution and the m

This week on Lets Get Real Erica starts off the show by talking about her favorite imaginary/real best friend, Laura Ingalls Wilder author and subject of the Little House on the Prairie book series. She draws from what she thinks Lauras perspective of f

Erica Wides celebrates 125 episode of Lets Get Real by going back to the basics -- milk! What makes breastmilk so special? Why does anybody use formula? Well - theres a lot to unpack here. Erica calls baby formula the original foodiness product - is she

Dont throw those ugly carrots out! Or that old can of soup! Or those lentils! Erica Wides helps you feel better about your old weird foods on a mindful episode of Lets Get Real. Food waste is a serious problem and Erica explores how the foodiness machin

This week on Lets Get Real Erica begins the show by discussing when she first moved to Brooklyn 20 years ago, she transitions from this to looking at how Brooklyn has changed her lifestyle and her cooking. She talks about one cooking job that she does t

This week on Lets Get Real Erica begins the show by addressing the briefly famous dress picture that it seems none of us could agree on. She uses this topic of color to transition to a recent announcement by Nestle. Nestle stated that by the end of 2015

This week on Lets Get Real Erica starts the show by reminiscing about Seinfelds Bizzaro World. She transitions to talking about her own personal bizzaro world, and how some of the current policies regarding nutrition makes it seem as if the US governmen

CleanEpisode 120: Forget the Quinoa, I’m Eating a Bowl of Pebbles for Breakfast Now

This is a story about rocks, pebbles and stones. From the doctors office to Iceland, Erica takes listeners on a journey that ends with stone soup. Stone soup? Kidney Stones? It all makes sense in the end. Tune in and find out why pebbles might be the ne

CleanEpisode 119: Just Because I’m a Chef, How Would I Know What’s in a Cotton

Cotton Candy Latte? Oh come on!! Yes, its a real thing and yes -- Erica Wides is talking about it on todays episode of Lets Get Real. Tubs of margarine and suburban dinners are Ericas nightmare and she gives listeners a window into the hellish world of

What better way to introduce the new year than a long winded story about Coscto and The Peanuts? Tune into the season debut of Lets Get Real as Erica Wides teaches listeners about the virtues of frozen food and whole animals. Hear what she thinks you sh

Its time to recap the year in foodiness as Erica Wides closes out 2014 on the season finale of Lets Get Real. From bleached cereal grains to kale salads at The Cheesecake Factory, Erica takes a look at whats saved us and plagued us in 2014. Is the futur

So Thanksgiving is over and many of you have thrown out the carcass and moved on from the whole ordeal. Erica Wides has a bone to pick with you this week on Lets Get Real. Erica breaks animals down to the bone and explains what makes skeletal pieces the

CleanEpisode 115: Sometimes..All I Need is the Air That I Breathe…and a Plain Yogurt

Whos the bigger liar -- the banking industry or the peanut butter industry? The jury is out. Tune in to a brand new episode of Lets Get Real as Erica Wides tries to make sense out of whipped peanut butter and yogurt, amongst other things. Find out why a

CleanEpisode 114: And Lisa says…But we’re in Idaho, just go dig one up!

Theres never a shortage of french fries or hash browns at Dennys, but why would they possibly run out of baked potatoes? Well, its got something to do with foodiness, thats for sure. Tune in to this weeks episode of Lets Get Real as Erica Wides breaks d

Would you eat bugs? Find out why you should on a brand new episode of Lets Get Real. Erica Wides has insects on the mind - and makes her case for eating more of them. Yes - we are all disgusted by roaches and bugs at large - but if we kill and dispose t

Where are the lines blurred between food and foodiness? Find out on this weeks episode of Lets Get Real! Erica Wides channels her inner Robin Thicke and shouts hey hey hey at the cereal industry. Take a trip as Erica recoils in horror at the aforementio

Smell this! Trust your nose if you want to avoid foodiness! On this weeks episode of Lets Get Real, chef Erica Wides is here to remind you that your nose knows best. Tune in as she uses a health balance of humor and fact to alert listeners to the many w

This week on Lets Get Real, host Erica Wides kicks off the show with a throw-back discussion on the designer jean trend that dates back to the disco era, complete with the pricey Jordache jeans and the Toughskins discount brand that featured the husky s

On this episode of Lets Get Real, Erica Wides discusses pumpkin spice. With Halloween right around the corner, pumpkin spice season is nigh. Even though Erica had done a show on the topic last year, this year, there has been an overload of pumpkin spice

Eggplant lovers rejoice! Erica Wides explores the meaty vegetable on a brand new episode of Lets Get Real. From its inappropriate nicknames to its foodiness-free status - the eggplant is ripe for exploring on radio. Tune in and get a whole new perspecti

Fresh off a trip to Boynton Beach, Florida, Erica Wides is back for a new episode of Lets Get Real. Whats the local food scene like in Boynton Beach, Florida? You might imagine locally caught seafood and fresh fruity, but no -- unfortunately foodiness h

English muffins arent English and most muffins arent food. Low fat cream cheese is a problem and Erica Wides is here to steer you clear of foodiness on another hilarious episode of Lets Get Real. Are you on trial for foodiness crimes against you and you

CleanEpisode 105: And if it’s not made from cream, which comes from milk, which comes from a nipple, it’s not butter, either!

The cookie butter revolution has arrived, and Erica Wides is disgusted. Tune into Lets Get Real as Erica dives deep into the world of Trader Joes #1 selling product -- the viral and vile cookie butter. Shes spent hours researching it and has a lot to sh

CleanEpisode 104: And Robin says, “If it doesn’t come from a nipple, it’s not milk!”

What do you call milk thats not milk? Erica Wides explores the overlooked language of food on a new episode of Lets Get Real. Why do we use certain words to describe certain things? And why would something be called milk if it didnt come from a nipple?

CleanEpisode 103: A Collective Identity Crisis Is No Excuse for #Foodiness Crimes Against Nature

Todays episode of Lets Get Real is all about identity crises. How do you know what youre supposed to taste like if youre a boo berry? How has foodiness committed crimes against nature? Why shouldnt you send your kids to art school? Erica Wides makes sen

Its berry season! On a fruity episode of Lets Get Real, Erica Wides discusses all the berries - black, blue, mul, cran....you get the point. Find out why she eats them off the vine, why blackberries are the holy grain and why supermarket berries are so

CleanEpisode 101: Big Brother Is Watching … From Sleepaway Camp in New Hampshire

Did you know LGR has a bigger brother...WWC? Does this make any sense to you? Tune in and find out what all the fuss is about on a brand new episode of Lets Get Real as Erica Wides looks at the past, present and future of her fight against foodiness. Th

Lets Get Real is officially 100 episodes old! Can you believe it? Erica celebrates with a fancy tale about squeezy fruit packages, motherhood, fiber gummies and foodiness. Tune in and celebrate! Todays show was brought to you by Cain Vineyard and Winery

Hear how Lets Get Real has evolved from a podcast into a TEDx talk on this weeks episode. Erica Wides talks about how she went from the world of guerilla PR to the main stage for TEDx Berkeley. Later, Erica performs her TEDx speech for her Lets Get Real

Cereal has been a part of Americans breakfast since the 1950s, but Erica Wides is here to tell you that- once again- the public has been hoodwinked by Foodiness. This week on Lets Get Real, Erica is diving into a big bowl of sugary cereal to tell listen

Find out whats trending now on this weeks episode of Lets Get Real! Erica Wides opens up the show by talking about the immersive advertising at New York Citys Columbus Circle subway station. The ads are literally consuming New Yorkers in the streets! Li

CleanEpisode 59: If You Think Chewing Energy Gum Will Help You Rock Climb, You Deserve To Fall

What food product do Americans spend 2.7 billion dollars on per year? Gum! This week on Lets Get Real, Erica Wides is crusading against gum. It doesnt provide nourishment, and its filled with toxic chemicals; why are we so drawn to gum? Find out how gum

Its official. Weve reached rock bottom. Erica Wides is all doom and gloom this week on Lets Get Real, and shes officially found the bottom of the foodiness rabbit-hole. If you think orange flavored drinks with no orange is bad, how about an edible Fanta

Why are Americans so afraid to eat horse? This week on Lets Get Real, Erica Wides is talking about the trendiness of meat, and falsehoods in the industrial food system. Would horse meat be a problem if it werent hidden in microwavable lasagna? Erica thi

Will anyone stop the 7-Eleven invasion of the East Village? This week on Lets Get Real, Erica Wides is talking with two activists from the No 7-Eleven group, Bob Holman and Rob Hollander. Tune into this episode to find out how gentrification and foodine

CleanEpisode 55: If Your Nutritionist Just Bought A Cadillac Escalade, You Might Want To Consider Switching

Dieticians are in bed with Foodiness, Incorporated! Erica Wides is once again joined in the studio by nutrition expert Kristin Wartman to talk about her recent article in Civil Eats about big foods influence on The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. He

Propaganda creates reality. Foodiness exists because we continue to consider it real food. Erica is here to continue in her quest to destroy all things foodiness, and convince listeners that real food is real food - and nothing else. Tune in for an expl

Todays Lets Get Real is all about fake food nutrition- stuff like enhanced peanut butter and low-fat dairy. Well, Erica Wides is here to tell you that these products are not food! Joining Erica in the studio is a nutrition educator Kristin Wartman, and

CleanEpisode 52: The End Is Near (Again) And You Better Get Used To Eating People And Protein Bars

The apocalypse is imminent! What- or should I say who- are you going to eat? Erica Wides is back with another episode of Lets Get Real to teach you how to survive the end of times. Hear how the apocalypse will eliminate the irony from Brooklyn rooftop f

Are you ready for week two of Foodiness Reeducation Camp? Do you have what it takes? Well then get in line and tune into this weeks episode of Lets Get Real. This week at camp, listeners live in a world where food is not a product. Breakfast is tiny and

Are you the right kind of person? Lucky for you, Erica Wides is here to sign you up for a session at Foodiness Reeducation Camp! Are you getting hungry after Ericas boot camp regiment? Well, Foodiness Reeducation Camp only serves real food in its cafete

This week on Lets Get Real, Erica is talking about her favorite non-secular, genocide-filled holiday: Thanksgiving! But Thanksgiving has really changed since the days of The Mayflower and Plymouth Rock. Foodiness has co-opted another American tradition,

How does foodiness relate to wine? Friend of the show and sponsor of the network, Christopher Howell of Cain Vineyard and Winery in Napa Valley joins Erica Wides for this weeks episode of Lets Get Real. Learn what goes into making real wine - from ferme

On this weeks episode of Lets Get Real, Erica Wides is talking about how foodiness is invading New York City neighborhoods and stripping them of all culture and personality. Hear how Chelsea has evolved since the mid-80s, and how greenwashing has infilt

On this weeks episode of Lets Get Real, Erica Wides is joined in the studio by nutritionist and food writer Kristin Wartman to discuss foodiness fad diets. What famous diets are real food, and which ones are foodiness? Why do all of these fad diets use

This week on Lets Get Real, Erica Wides celebrates Columbus Day by talking about the modern day Columbian Exchange: foodiness. Instead of smallpox, we have diabetes. Leave it to the Europeans to take corn from Native Americans and turn it into high fruc

CleanEpisode 44: His And Her’s Are For Hassidic Weddings and Antiperspirant

What do Hasidic weddings and foodiness have in common? Answer: theyre both filled with awful food and gender segregation. Tune in to hear Erica Wides discuss why foodiness has decided to target genders separately in their takeover of the food system. Wh

Congratulations to Erica Wides; its the one year anniversary of Lets Get Real! More importantly, its the I Told You Show, and Ericas here with the Foodiness Time Machine to take you back in time to show you that all of her food predictions have come tru

Freedom Fries Aint Free! This week on Lets Get Real, Erica gets real about how war created foodiness; how foodiness created a nation of obese SUV driving potato people, who then needed oil for their SUVs (and now for their mobility scooters), and who no

The final holiday of the summer is quickly approaching. Erica Wides is hosting another episode of Lets Get Real and asking the question, What can an orthorexic eat on Labor Day? Tune in to hear how food and health fads have changed over the decades thro

On this weeks episode of Lets Get Real, Erica Wides is talking about yogurt, and how foodiness has pumped a delicious, ancient, probiotic treat with artificial sweeteners and flavors. The masses have been brainwashed into thinking that eating sugar and

Has foodiness co-opted peanut butter, too? Unfortunately, yes. Tune into this weeks episode of Lets Get Real to hear Erica Wides dish the cold, hard truth about peanut butter. See the ingredient list on that jar of Skippy? Thats right, its filled with h

CleanEpisode 38: You Can’t Have a Proustian Fruit Moment with a Grape Gummy

This past weekend, Lets Get Real host Erica Wides stumbled upon some wild blueberries while hiking, and was stunned by the flavor! Do the fruits that we eat actually contain the flavors that theyre supposed to harbor, or has foodiness diluted them to th

Ever wonder whats really inside those chicken nuggets that you love so much? On this weeks Lets Get Real, Erica Wides is here to tell you that its...well, not chicken! Maybe it comes from a chicken, but, hey- what is chicken these days? Is it a bird? A

CleanEpisode 36: Ketchup is OK, It’s Finding Something to Put It on That’s the Problem

So now that you most certainly have orthorexia nervosa, Erica Wides finally tells you about something thats safe to eat- ketchup! On this episode of Lets Get Real, Erica explains why Americas favorite condiments - ketchup and mustard- are actually good

Its time to get real about butter. Butter has been demonized in America because of its saturated fats. Erica Wides is here to tell you that the trans fats in margarine and vegetable shortening are the real enemies: butters evil twin. Butter is real food

The end is near on this episode of Lets Get Real. Erica Wides is talking about the apocalypse, and how our entire food system is reliant on the grid. When a blight destroys all of our crops because of a lack of genetic diversity, how are we going to eat

In tonights episode - Super Foods Are Super F*ed Up - I get real about what foodiness has done to super foods; how icons of power foods like olive oil, which is laced with chlorophyll, blueberries, which are toxic with pesticides, soy which give you man

Is knowledge actually power like they used to say in Schoolhouse Rock? This week on Lets Get Real, Erica Wides is taking on the the burden that comes with food knowledge and education. How can you order food at a restaurant when you know that every item

This week on Lets Get Real, Erica Wides is talking about multivitamins. Remember those Flintstone vitamins you used to take as a child, or that you give to your child? Erica is here to tell you that there is no proof that these vitamins improve your hea

Everyone knows that fish are a healthy alternative to meat, right? This week on Lets Get Real, Erica Wides talks about some of the common misconceptions about our favorite oily fish, salmon and tuna. Do you know the differences between omega-3 fatty aci

This week on Lets Get Real, Erica Wides talks about the most important meal of the day - breakfast. Specifically, Erica gets real about breakfast cereals, and the expanding waist line of the average American. Erica discusses the origins of foodiness and

CleanEpisode 27: If You Want to Be Thin & Not Get Cancer, Eat Real Food

This week on Lets Get Real, Erica Wides takes on artificial sweetener addiction. Erica goes back in time and talks about the diet sodas of her youth- Tab and Diet Sprite, and how they made her feel outright unhealthy. She also talks about aspartames ugl

You think you know bread, but think again. Tune in to this weeks episode of Lets Eat In and hear how foodiness has hi-jacked the symbol and fabric of life. How did Wonder Bread ruin everything? What was bread like in the days of Moses? How did Julia Chi

In this episode of Lets Get Real, our hostess Erica Wides discusses how foodiness is infantilizing our society. Tune in to hear about how processed food is removing decision-making from adults and creating a cycle of dependency. Erica touches on a range

This week on Lets Get Real, Erica Wides gets pumped up about sports nutrition foodiness. Hear a horrifying story about protein powder shakes turned kidney stones and learn more about why Superman wasnt all cut up. Real food will make you real strong! Wh

This week on Lets Get Real, Erica Wides reminds listeners that 7-11 does NOT sell food. What do they sell? Foodiness of course! Learn more about how bad our food options are on the road or at convenience stores like 7-11 and gas stations. How can you av

This week on Lets Get Real, Erica Occupies Big Food with special guest, food journalist and nutritionist Kristin Wartman. Tune in as they discuss everything from the problems with corporations that control our food supply to Rush Limbaughs recent attack

Lets Get Real is back after a short 2-week hiatus and Erica Wides is here to tell you why real food is already smart and only foodiness advertises itself as smart. Find out about the origins of engineered foods and why we always assume that food can be

This week on Lets Get Real its time to break out our children that have been born in the matrix of foodiness and thats just what Erica Wides is here to do. From chicken nuggets and Pediasure, kids foodiness is now present from birth and it put us into a

This week on Lets Get Real its time to take the replacement out of meal replacements. From purees to shakes to powders we are assaulted every day by the promise of easy and convenient food from Special K bars to Pediasure for kids. Tune in to find out w

This week on Lets Get Real host Erica Wides dissects the mythology behind vegetarian/veganism and the people, like Oprah, who say that it is a greener and healthier living style. Its time to break down the barriers behind the vegan-foodiness paradox: we

If theres one thing Erica Wides wants you to know this week its that bacon doesnt come from birds. It cant. This week Lets Get Real breaks down the food simulacra of turkey bacon. Not only is the Franken-Foodiness of turkey bacon and other products (see

Why do so many people insist on mixing their alcohol with sugar? Erica Wides addresses the growing epidemic of dessert flavored booze and asks why grown ups are drinking like toddlers. Is this a marketing ploy to get young people addicted to alcohol, or

We are programmed to enjoy sweets from birth, but how far do we have to go before crossing the line of sugar sanity? In todays world of foodiness, white lines of refined sugar and artificial sweeteners surround us and the only way to escape is by gettin

This week on Lets Get Real, Erica is joined by legendary real food fighter, educator, writer and activist Marion Nestle. Listen in and hear Marions thoughts on foodiness, corporate marketing and the dopplegangers we see on shelves imitating REAL food. H

This week on Lets Get Real get ready to take the pre- out of pre-prepared and pre-packaged because its time to get real. This week Erica Wides goes behind the scenes on the can-ification of America, from soup to nuts. From recent studies finding BPA in

Have we become spoiled by the idea that food that isnt supposed to go bad and that leftovers are to be immediately thrown out? This week Erica Wides tells us its time to get real about expiration dates. And heres the thing, if its something that doesnt

How can Erica Wides afford two places to live? She doesnt drink bottled water, or any other bottled beverages for that matter. Lets Get Real is here to pull you out of that rabbit hole of foodiness, or in this case, drinkiness, that has been perpetuated

This week on Lets Get Real, Erica sinks her teeth into some meaty discussion. Tune in and find out why humans are SUPPOSED to eat meat, not avoid it! Learn why vegetarians are guilty of the ultimate foodiness and why all healthy people should have at le

Milk... it does a body good! Or does it? Tune in to an especially informative episode of Lets Get Real with Chef Erica Wides. Why is Mongolian milk healthier than American milk? How do hormones get into our milk? Find out why hormone laced milk is so pr

This week on Lets Get Real, Erica Wides focuses on one of the most elemental food items of all time: eggs. Tune in and find out how to tell the difference between real and fake eggs. They may be advertised as cage free, but does that make them any bette

This week on Lets Get Real, Chef Erica Wides helps listeners virtually meet their meat. Hear about how she worked on a grass-fed lamb farm and learned the in and outs of natural animal processing and how much different the pasture raised animals are tre

This week Lets Get Real goes ripe for seasonality as Chef Erica Wides expounds on the disillusionment that foodiness has created: that seasonal items like strawberries are good and available all year round. Fighting this notion of faux-seasonality Erica

This week Lets Get Real takes on the convenience of food, such as the redesign of the new ketchup packets for drive-thrus, and how that has resulted in the rise of foodiness. No longer having to forage, hunt, process, cook, smoke, etc. our own food has

This week brings the exciting inaugural episode of Erica Widess new show Lets Get Real so turn on your AC because the kitchen is about to get real hot. Back in the day you knew the difference between junk food (candy) and food (vegetables); between food

Customer Reviews

Kudos!

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Casey Baby

Chef Erica has an amazing outlook on food. I enjoy her very much!

Fantastic!

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TomNYC2000

I stopped by Roberta's in Brooklyn to find out who had built out the two shipping containers behind the bar into an awesome tiny structure only to find out it was the radio station for the Heritage Radio Network. I went online to find out more about them and came across this show (they have other great food-related shows as well). The show is a great way to get more connected to your food and how to cook it. Erica mixes just the right amount of food history, trivia and food science together to make the show interesting, along with tips on cooking and how and why different foods are used.Definitely worth 5 stars.